单词 | netheward |
释义 | † nethewardadj.n. Obsolete. Designating or forming the lower or bottom part or section; situated beneath or at the bottom. Cf. oveward adj. Also as n.: the bottom or lower part. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having downward direction nethewardeOE netherwarda1300 prone?a1425 downward1552 clined1594 down1642 groundward1878 eOE Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) iii. vii. 312 Wiþ heals wærce wyl neoþewearde netelan on oxan smerwe & on buteran [etc.]. OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. xxvii. 51 Ecce uelum templi scisum est in duas partes a summo usque deorsum : heonu waghrahel temples..tosliten wæs in tuæm dælum from ufawærd wið to nioðaweard. OE Phoenix 299 Sindon þa fiþru hwit hindanweard, ond se hals grene nioþoweard ond ufeweard. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxx. 264 Fram his hnolle ufewerdan, oð his ilas neoðewerde. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 165 On þe steire of fiftene stoples fro neþewarde to uuewarde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.eOE |
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